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NO TIME TO FEEL SORRY: POGACAR
October 28, 2023
|The Straits Times
Slovenian says he is still the best; keen to renew Vingegaard duel in Tour de France
Not too long ago, Tadej Pogacar was the hottest property in world cycling after he captured the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France titles.
But the Slovenian has had to settle for second spot in the last two editions after being upstaged by Jonas Vingegaard both times.
Despite this, Pogacar, 25, insists that he is still the best in the business during an interview with The Straits Times at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Friday.
When told that the 26-year-old Dane has rendered him second fiddle, Pogacar said with a laugh: "I mean I'm still the best in the world, I just didn't win one small race through France."
While he admitted that an "improved and stronger" Vingegaard made it harder for him to win, he added that he was also "a bit unlucky with the preparation" in 2023 as he had resumed training only in June, two months after a wrist fracture.
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